Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-02-25
Political and Personal.


Mrs. d. P. Hathaway has been appointed
by Judge Edwards in Louisville deputy
commissioner of the chancery court-the
first woman commissioner ever holding
! office in Kentucky.
| 1t is reported from Washington that there
is considerable dissatisfaction in tho House
! on account of the river and harbor bill hav
! ing been put through there without even
| having been read, and it is quite probable
! that when the measure comes back from the
Senate an effort will be made to kill it.
! On Monday Mrs Cleveland gave lun.
cheon party in honor of Miss Rose E.
Cleveland. There were about so guests
present The table and state dining room
were beautifully decOraIed for the occasion.
The east room was used for the promenade
by the luncheon party, and so the usual
public reception given by the President did
not take place.
Gen. G,osvenor, the president of the
National Union League, has called meet
ing of the National Council, to be held at
the Ebbitt House, Washington, on Tuesday,
March l. 1t is stated that this will be an
important meeting of prominent Repub-
licans from all parts of the country, and
that action will be taken on the matters of
interest.
Gen. Sheridan told the House Military
committee on Friday, he having been called
before them for an opinion on the s2'o0o,-
600 coast defenses bill, that he had hereto
fore refrained from expressing any expert
opinion on coast defense, but in his view
what the country needs at present is guns,
and when these have been procured, it will
be proper to take up the question of forti-
6cations
The Washington correspondence of the
Chicago Tribune gives the following: Gov
Davis, the Sanator-elect from Minnesota,
spent the day on the floor of the Senate at
the seat of his future colleague, Senator
Sabin. The new Senator has been in New
York for week under the care of a noted
oculist. During the campaign last fall Gov
Davis strained his eyes severely nd the
it is now feared will become permanent
Both eyes look equally strong and resemble
those of Gen. Butler When Ben Perley
Poore first looked into the Senate gallery
to-day and saw Davis he exclaimed: Chow
on earth has old Ben got in there! didn't
suppose he was so cross-eyed he couldn't
tell the Senate from the House." Uncle
Isaac Bassett was struck speeches. at the
sight of what he thought was Gen. Butler,
and started to remind him that it was the
floor of the House to which he was entitled
and not to that of the Senate. Gov. Davis
will remain until the close of the session
and make himself acquainted with the
course Of business in the Senate.
There were thirteen votes cast against the
antiMormon conference bill in the Senate.
Mr.. Hoar. the only Republican who voted
in the negative, did so because the bill
abolishes woman suffrage in Utah. The
nop re nn fnI i,,c4+ II
posed the measure on constitutional
grounds. Aside from the general argument
that the law is oppressive and infringes the
rights of the citizens, the specific charge is
made that the provision relative to the Nor
mon Emigration company is a practical
confiscation Of private property in violation
of the constitution in that the assets of this
c rporation are devoted to school pu1.-
poses and the corporation is practically
escheated to the state. TO this the sup
porters Of the bill reply that provision is
made for the return to the stockholders
and that it is the remainder only which
is devoted to school purposes This pro-
vision is Of course very stringent one,
and the object of it is to stop the sources Of
supply from which tne Mormons obtain
their converts The best lawyers in con-
gress make no question as to its constitution
atty in the form in which it is Incorporated
in the conference report. The other feature
to which the Democrats make the most OBJ
lection is the test oath provided as the con-
dition of suffrage. This test oath is the re-
suit of compromise between the House,
which has recommended the appointment
of the 2,4OO municipal officers by the gov
ernor of the territory, and the Senate, which
was unwilling to give the governor such
power. The bill, therefore, provided that
these officers should be elected by suffrage,
but has proposed this oath which will ef-
fectually prevent any person who is a Nor
mon from voting, and the provision Of the
law is so stringent that it may be doubted
whether perjury could be successfully prac-
ticed to evade it.